data/fields: france jobin
FRANCE JOBIN
Entre-deux, 2011, 6-channel site specific sound installation, 144 minute cycles
“Between notes and sounds lie rests and silence. I have come to regard these as the most fragile parts of music.” - France Jobin
Created entirely with actual field recordings from across the globe and on location around Artisphere, Montreal sound artist France Jobin’s site-specific work
Entre-deux explores acts of systemic, yet subjective, information gathering. Spaces and times are chosen for their inherent beauty, then processed and reformed as location and experience itself becomes transposed.
Entre-deux is the re-placing of data. This site-specific work is the first gallery exhibition of Jobin’s installations in the U.S.
Entre-Deux is supported in part by the Canada Council for the Arts.
On view in Data/Fields,
a new media exhibition in which the
viewer/listener becomes another connection in the flow and transfer of
data. The artworks presented act as hubs of sensory information—sites of
signal, noise, presence, and absence. The exhibition features works by
five noted international artists, Caleb Coppock (U.S.), Mark Fell
(U.K.), Andy Graydon (U.S./Germany), Ryoji Ikeda (Japan), France Jobin
(Canada), and is curated by renowned sound artist Richard Chartier.
Photo credit: Sandor Dobos
About the Artist
France Jobin (b. 1958) is a sound / installation / web artist residing
in Montreal, Canada. Her audio art can be qualified as
“sound-sculpture.” It reveals complex sound environments where analog
and digital meet. Her installation/web art can be said to follow a
parallel path, incorporating both musical and visual elements. Jobin has created solo recordings for bake/staalplaat
(Netherlands), ROOM40 (Australia), nvo (Austria), DER (USA) and
ATAK(JP). Her work appears on countless compilations. She collaborates
with Tomas Phillips (sound artist) and Cédrick Eymenier (visual artist).
Jobin’s installations as well as live performances can be “experienced”
in various music venues and new technology festivals across Canada, the
United States, South America and Europe.She is currently curating
the concert event/philosophy immersound. Her work continues to evolve as
technologies enable her to create in new environments.
francejobin.com